Sexual incentive motivation and sexual behavior: The role of consent

A Ågmo, E Laan - Annual Review of Psychology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The generalized social concern with sexual harassment and nonconsensual sex makes it
imperative to incorporate notions of consent in any analysis of human sexual interactions …

[HTML][HTML] The elusive concept of sexual motivation: can it be anchored in the nervous system?

E Ventura-Aquino, A Ågmo - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sexual motivation is an abstract concept referring to the mechanisms determining the
responsivity to sexually relevant stimuli. This responsivity determines the likelihood of …

Sexual pleasure matters–and how to define and assess it too. A conceptual framework of sexual pleasure and the sexual response

M Werner, M Borgmann, E Laan - International journal of sexual …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Sexual pleasure is central to current understandings of sexual function, health,
and wellbeing. In this article, we suggest that we lack a sufficiently specific, yet …

Use of sexual stimuli in research and clinical settings: expert opinion and recommendations

MA Katz, TL Penniston, C Barry, N Micanovic… - Sexual …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Sexual stimuli, such as sexual videos, images, and narratives describing sexual
interactions, are one of many tools used by clinicians and researchers to elicit or augment …

Development and validation of the trait sexual motivation scale (TSMS)

M Weber, D Reis, M Friese - Journal of Personality Assessment, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Sexual motivation, the interest in sexual activity, affects people's thinking, feeling, and
behavior. Common scales used to assess sexual motivation suffer from drawbacks that limit …

Sexual desire emerges from subjective sexual arousal, but the connection depends on desire type and relationship satisfaction

SM Blumenstock, K Suschinsky, LA Brotto… - Journal of Sex & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
According to models of responsive sexual desire, desire emerges from sexual arousal. This
study examined how sexual desire type (dyadic-partner, dyadic-other, solitary) and …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptors and sociosexual behaviors in mammals: The limits of generalization

A Ågmo - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Circulating testosterone is easily aromatized to estradiol and reduced to dihydrotestosterone
in target tissues and elsewhere in the body. Thus, the actions of testosterone can be …

Neuroendocrinology of sexual behavior

A Ågmo - International Journal of Impotence Research, 2024 - nature.com
One of the consequences of sexual behavior is reproduction. Thus, this behavior is essential
for the survival of the species. However, the individual engaged in sexual behavior is rarely …

Developing a causally valid picture-story measure of sexual motivation: I. Effects of priming.

J Hinzmann, K Khalaidovski, JS Kullmann… - Motivation …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Sexual motivation plays a crucial role in both normal sexual functioning as well as sexual
dysfunctions. Although many self-report questionnaires exist to assess sexual motivation …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the influence of stress on aggressive behavior and sexual function: Role of neuromodulator pathways and epigenetics

NE Mbiydzenyuy, SMJ Hemmings, TW Shabangu… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Stress is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that can significantly influence both
aggressive behavior and sexual function. This review explores the intricate relationship …